Losers: Dispatches from the Other Side of the… by Mary Pilon · Audiobook preview

PURCHASE ON GOOGLE PLAY BOOKS ►► https://g.co/booksYT/AQAAAEBsAFNALM Losers: Dispatches from the Other Side of the Scoreboard Authored by Mary Pilon, Louisa Thomas Narrated by Jim Frangione, Kevin R. Free, Brittany Pressley, Maggi-Meg Reed, Sean Runnette, Steve West 0:00 Intro 0:03 Losers: Dispatches from the Other Side of the Scoreboard 0:43 Introduction 7:10 The Sporting House 10:43 Outro #marypilon #losersdispatchesfromtheothersideofthescoreboard — GOOGLE PLAY BOOKS Find your next great read with Google Play Books. Google Play Books is a global digital bookstore offering ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and manga. Discover book recommendations personalized just for you. Get the iOS app: https://goo.gle/books-ios Get the Android app: https://goo.gle/books-android — BOOK DESCRIPTION “It's easy to do anything in victory. It’s in defeat that a man reveals himself.” —Floyd Patterson   Twenty–two notable writers—including Bob Sullivan, Abby Ellin, Mike Pesca, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Louisa Hall, and Gay Talese—examine the untold stories of the losers, and in doing so reveal something raw and significant about what it means to be human The locker rooms of winning teams are crowded with coaches, family, and fans. Reporters flock to the athletes, brimming with victory and celebration, to ask, How does it feel? In contrast, the locker rooms of the losing teams are quiet and awkward, and reporters tend to leave quickly, reluctant to linger too long around loss. But, as sports journalists Mary Pilon and Louisa Thomas argue, losing is not a phenomenon to be overlooked, and in Losers, they have called upon novelists, reporters, and athletes to consider what it means to lose. From the Olympic gymnast who was forced to surrender her spot to another teammate, to the legacy of Bill Buckner's tenth–inning error in the 1986 World Series, to LeBron James's losing record in the NBA Finals, these essays range from humorous to somber, but all are united by their focus on defeat. Interweaving fourteen completely new and unpublished pieces alongside beloved classics of the genre, Losers turns the art of sports writing on its head and proves that there is inspiration to be found in stories of risk, resilience, and getting up after you've been knocked down. — ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mary Pilon is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Monopolists and The Kevin Show. She regularly contributes to The New Yorker, Esquire, Fast Company, MSNBC, Vice, and Politico, Pilon has also worked as a staff reporter at the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Louisa Thomas is the author of Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams and Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family –– A Test of Will and Faith in World War I, and the coauthor of Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football. A staff writer at The New Yorker and a former writer and editor for Grantland, her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Vogue, and other places. Both Mary and Louisa have been laid off from sports reporting gigs and lost a variety of sporting events throughout their careers. — AUDIOBOOK DETAILS Purchase on Google Play Books ►► https://g.co/booksYT/AQAAAEBsAFNALM Language: English Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Published on: August 18, 2020 ISBN: 9780593214251 Duration: 7 hr, 40 min Genres: Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism, Literary Collections / Essays, Sports & Recreation / Essays